10/6/11

"The characters have more depth than most fantasy characters, and Lachlan
does a marvelous job juggling a number of major and minor characters,
some of whom have multiple names, and making them individuals with their
own characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses. These aren't just
static characters, either. They grow and change, to the point that one
or two switch allegiance.... As good as Wolfsangel was, and it was good, Fenrir is
better. If this series continues to improve, it will be a high water
mark in contemporary fantasy. It pretty much is already. Series like this one, the Danilov Quintet by Jasper Kent, the First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, and the Shadow books by Jon Sprunk, just to name a few fantasy series (and that's not even getting into the science fiction), have made Pyr books my favorite publisher. With quality like this, it's no wonder Pyr seems to have a permanent place on the shortlists of all the major awards."

There is not one you.
There are many yous. There is not one world. There are many worlds. Ours is one
among billions of parallel earths.

When Everett Singh’s
scientist father is kidnapped from the streets of London, he leaves young
Everett a mysterious app on his computer. Suddenly, this teenager has
become the owner of the most valuable object in the multiverse—the
Infundibulum—the map of all the parallel earths, and there are dark forces in
the Ten Known Worlds who will stop at nothing to get it. They’ve got power,
authority, the might of ten planets—some of them more technologically advanced
than our Earth—at their fingertips. He’s got wits, intelligence, a knack for
Indian cooking.

To keep the Infundibulum
safe, Everett must trick his way through the Heisenberg Gate that his dad
helped build and go on the run in a parallel Earth. But to rescue his dad from
Charlotte Villiers and the sinister Order, this Planesrunner’s going to need
friends. Friends like Captain Anastasia Sixsmyth, her adopted daughter, Sen,
and the crew of the airship Everness.

Can they rescue
Everett’s father and get the Infundibulum to safety? The game is afoot!

“Planesrunner
is chock-full of awesome. Ian McDonald’s steampunk London blazes on a vast
scale with eye-popping towers, gritty streets, and larger-than-life characters
who aren’t afraid to fight for each other. The kind of airship-dueling,
guns-blazing fantasy that makes me wish I could pop through to the next reality
over, join the Airish, and take to the skies”

“Smashing adventure fiction
that spans the multiverse without ever losing its cool or its sense of style.
Ian McDonald is one of the greats of science fiction and his young adult debut
is everything you could hope for: romantic, action-packed, wildly imaginative,
and full of heart.”